Means for shifting turf-cutters of reversible plows.



W. H. LEE.

MEANS FOR SHIFTING TURF OUTTERS 0F REVERSIBLE PLOWS. 7

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 1a, 1909.

1,070,495, Patented Aug. 19, 1913.

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W. H. LEE.

MEANS FOR SHIFTING TURF GUTTERS 0P REVERSIBLE PLOWS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 19, 1909.

1,070,495., Patented Aug. 19, 1913.

INVENTOR WITNESSES UNITED STAILES PATENT FFIOE.

-WILLIA1VI I-L LEE, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO SYRACUSE CHILLED PLOW COMPANY, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

MEANS FOR SHIFTING TURF-CUTTERS OF REVERSIBLE PLOWS.

Application filed November 19, 1909.

To all wit-0772,21 may concern.

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. LEE, of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Means for Shifting the Turf-Cutters of Reversible Plows, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to reversible plows, and has for its object the production of a particularly simple and efficient means for shifting or reversing the turf-cutter; and it consists in the combinations and constructions hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In describing this invention, reference is had to the accompanying drawing in which like characters designate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a plow em bodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan of the plow shown in Fig. 1, parts being omitted. Fig. 3 is an enlarged section on line A.A, Fig. 1. Fig. 4. is a section on line BB, Fig. 3.

My invention is here shown as embodied in a hand plow in which the furrow-turning element is shiftable from either side of the beam to the other into position to turn right or left furrows.

1 is the beam;. 2 is the reversible furrowturning element shiftable from either side of the beam to the other about the axis of a shaft 3 supported by the standard 4 of the plow.

5 is a movable element constituting part of means for holding the furrow-turning element in either of its plowing positions, said element 5 being here shown as pivoted at 6 to the rear end of the standard 4 and pro vided with oppositely-extending arms having latches 7 which cooperate with any suitable means associated with. the furrow-turning element 2 to hold the element 2 in either of its plowing positions, said means being here shown as an arm 8 mounted on the shaft 8 and having diverging brackets supporting the rear end of the furrow-turning element 2. This element 2 is reversed by raising the handles 9 of the plow until said element is out of the ground, and moving the holding element 5 on its pivot and thereby releasing the furrow-turning element 2 from one arm of the holding element 5 and permitting said element 2 to swing to the other side of the beam where it is held by Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 19,1913.

Serial No. 528,861.

the other arm of the holding element 5, the latter arm having been moved into operative position by the movement of said element 5 on its pivot G.

10 is the turf-cutter shiftable laterally during the movement of the furrow-turning element 2 and the holding element 5, in order to be in proper relation to the point of the element 2, the turfcutter 10 being actuated in its shifting by one of said elements. As here illustrated, the turf-cutter is connected to the holding element 5, and is supported in a bracket 11 depending from the beam 1. Said bracket is formed with a guideway 12 in its upper portion 13 contiguous to the under face of the beam 1, and with a passage 14 extending downwardly from the guideway and opening through the lower end of the bracket, the side walls of the passage converging toward the lower end of the bracket, Fig. 3. The bracket is secured to the beam by suitable means, as bolts 15, arranged on opposite sides of the beam 1 and passed through lugs 16 extending laterally from opposite sides of the upper portion 13 of the bracket. The turf-cutter 10 is usually provided with means, as a holder 17, secured to the upper end of the cutter and extending beyond said upper end into the guideway 12. This holder 17 is secured to the bracket 11 by a bolt 18 extending transversely through the bracket 11 and the holder 17, and the turf-cutter 10 laps the holder and is detachably secured in a channel in the side face thereof by suitable fastening means, as a bolt and nut 19 and 20, the bolt 19 extending transversely through holes 21 located in the holder and the cutter below the end of the bracket. The turf-cutter is usually provided with a plurality of such holes 21 in order to permit of a lengthwise adjustment of the turf-cutter. Owing to the location of the fastening member 19 outside of the bracketll, the turf-cutter can be easily adjusted, or removed and replaced. The side walls of the passage 14l-v at the lower end of the bracket 11 form fulcrum points for the turf-cutter" 10 during its shifting movement.

The turf-cutter 10 is connected to its actuating element, which in this embodiment of my invention is the holding element 5, for the furrow-turning element, by a sliding member or cam 22 movable forwardly and rearwardly in the guide 12 and coacting with means associated with the turf cutter, and a link 23 connecting the slide 22 and said element 5. The slide 22 is non-rotatable and is formed with a lengthwise slot 2 1 which extends at an angle to the direction of the movement of the slide 22 and receives the upper end of the holder 17.

In operation when the holding element 5 is shifted on its pivot to unlock the furrowturning element 2, the movement of said holding element 5 will cause the slide 22 to move either forwardly or rearwardly to shift the turf-cutter from one side to the other.

hat I claim, is:

1. In a plow, a shiftable turf-cutter, and means for shifting the turf-cutter comprising a non-rotatable sliding member slidably engaging with means associated with the turf-cutter for shifting the same, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. In a plow, a shiftable turf-cutter, and means for shifting the turf-cutter comprising a non-rotatable sliding member movable forwardly and rearwardly and slidably engaging with means associated with the turfcutter for shifting the same, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a plow, a laterally-shiftable turfeutter, means for shifting the turf-cutter comprising a member movable forwardly and rearwardly, said member being formed with a lengthwise straight slot inclined relatively to the direction of movement of said member, and means associated with the turf-cutter and extending into the slot, substantially as and for the purpose described.

4. In a plow, a beam, a bracket depending from the beam and formed with a guideway in its upper portion contiguous to the beam and with a passage extending downwardly from the guideway and opening through the lower end of the bracket, a shiftable turf-cutter extending into said passage and having means at its upper end projecting into the guideway, and means for shifting the turf-cutter comprising a slide movable in the guideway and having a lengthwise slot for receiving the means at the upper end of the turf-cutter, the slot being inclined relatively to the direction of movement of the slide, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In a plow, a beam, a reversible furrow turning element movable from either side of the beam to the other, means supported by the beam and formed with a guideway and with a passage extending downwardly from the guideway, a shiftable turf cutter extending into said passage and having a part associated therewith projecting into the guideway, and means for shifting the turf cutter comprising a nonrotatable part movable in the guideway and comprising a cam slidably engaging said part associated with the turf cutter, and operating means connected to the cam, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

6. In a plow, abeam, a reversible furrowturning element movable from either side of the beam to the other, means for holding said element in either of its plowing positions comprising a movable element, a bracket depending from the beam and formed with a guideway in its upper portion contiguous to the beam, and with a passage extending downwardly from the guideway and opening through the lower end of the bracket, a shift-able turf-cutter extending into said passage and having means at its upper end projecting into the guideway, and means for shifting the turf-cutter comprising a slide movable forwardly and rearwardly in the guideway and having a lengthwise slot for receiving the means at the upper end of the turf-cutter, the slot being arranged at an angle to the direction of the forward and rearward movement of said slide, and a link connecting one of said elements and the slide, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

7. In a plow, a reversible furrow-turning element, shiftable means for holding said element in either of its plowing positions, a shiftable turf-cutter, and means for shifting the turf-cutter comprising a non-rota table sliding member slidably engaging with means associated with the turf-cutter for shifting the same, and connections between the holding means and the sliding member, substantially as and for the purpose described.

S. In a plow, a beam, a reversible furrowturning element movable from either side of the beam to the other, means for holding said element in either of its plowing positions, a bracket depending from the beam and formed. with a guideway in its upper portion contiguous to the beam and with a passage extending downwardly from the guideway and opening through the lower end of the bracket, a shiftable turf-cutter extending into said passage and having means at its upper end projecting into the guideway, and means for shifting the turfcutter comprising a slide movable forwardly and rearwardly in the guideway and having a lengthwise slot for receiving the means at the upper end of the turf-cutter, the slot being arranged at an angle to the direction of the forward and rearward movement of said slide, and a link connecting the holding means and the slide, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

9. In a plow, a beam, a reversible furrowturning element movable from either side of the beam to the other, means for holding said element in either of its plowing positions, a bracket depending from the beam and formed with a guideway in its upper portion contiguous to the beam and with a passage extending downwardly from the guideway and opening through the lower end of the bracket, a shiftable turf-cutter extending into said passage and having means at its upper end projecting into the guideway, opposite side walls of the lower endof the passage serving as fulcrum points for the turf-cutter, and means for moving the turf-cutter on said fulcrum points comprising a slide movable forwardly and rearwardly in the guideway and having a lengthwise slot for receiving the means at the upper end of the turf-cutter, the slot being arranged at an angle to the direction of the forward and rearward movement of the slide, and a link connecting the holding means and the slide, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two attesting witnesses, at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State 01": New York, this 16th day of November, 1909.

WILLIAM H. LEE.

Vitnesses E. K. SUMILLER, S. DAVIS.

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